Lebanon violence tests US-Iran accord as Israeli ministers harden rhetoric
Lebanon's Health Ministry said at least 21 people were killed and 39 wounded in overnight strikes across southern Lebanon.
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Al Rajhi Bank becomes AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 regional partner
Dubai, UAE -- Saudi Arabia's Al Rajhi Bank has been named an exclusive regional partner of the AFC Asian Cup...
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Gaza civil defence says Israeli strikes kill 43 as truce talks deadlocked
Israel's military blamed it on a "technical error" when targeting a militant in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza,...
- Delegations from Israel and the Palestinian militant group have now spent a week trying to agree on a temporary truce to halt 21 months of devastating fighting in the Gaza Strip
- Washington is Israel's top ally and Donald Trump has been pushing for a ceasefire, with the US president saying Sunday he was hopeful of a deal
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Russia’s Lavrov visits Beijing to discuss Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met Sunday in Beijing with his Chinese counterpart to discuss Ukraine and relations with the...
- Russia's top diplomat arrived in China following a visit to North Korea, where he received assurances of support in its conflict with Ukraine
- Lavrov and Wang Yi "discussed relations with the United States and the outlook for settling the Ukrainian crisis," Russia's foreign ministry said in a statement
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Gaza civil defence says Israeli strikes kill 43 as truce talks deadlocked
On the ground, civil defense agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said at least 43 people were killed in the latest Israeli...
- Delegations from Israel and the Palestinian militant group have now spent a week trying to agree on a temporary truce to halt 21 months of devastating fighting in the Gaza Strip.
- But on Saturday, each side accused the other of blocking attempts to secure an agreement at the indirect talks in the Qatari capital, Doha.
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UAE extradites 3 suspects to Belgium over alleged organized crime links
Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- Police in Dubai said three individuals accused of a litany of crimes, including drugs and...
- Officials said the three suspects had been wanted in Belgium in connection with cases of "cross-border organized crime".
- In December, reports first surfaced that one of Belgium's most wanted international drug traffickers, Othman El Ballouti, had been arrested in Dubai.
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Iran says cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog will take ‘new form’
Iran has blamed the IAEA in part for the June attacks on its nuclear facilities, which Israel says it launched...
- Iran's 12-day war with Israel last month, sparked by an Israeli bombing campaign, rattled its already shaky relationship with the UN nuclear watchdog
- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday that Iran's cooperation with the IAEA "has not stopped, but will take on a new form."
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UN says hundreds killed in recent weeks while seeking aid in Gaza
There are frequent reports of Israeli forces firing on people seeking aid, with Gaza's civil defence agency saying 10 Palestinians...
- Friday's reported violence came as negotiators from Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas were locked in indirect talks in Qatar to try to agree on a temporary ceasefire
- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he hoped a deal for a 60-day pause in the war could be struck in the coming days
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Israel’s aid blockade leaves Gaza’s pregnant women hungry and at risk
Like most women at the Gaza City hospital where she attends her pregnancy check-ups, Fatima Arafa's face looks fatigued, a...
- With the war in Gaza now in its 22nd month and Israel only slightly easing an aid blockade, shortages of everything from food to clean water have hit pregnant women
- "I am in my sixth month and I can't provide the basic minimum needs to complete this pregnancy," Arafa told AFP before returning to the makeshift camp
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Released pro-Palestinian protest leader sues Trump for $20 mn
Mahmoud Khalil, one of the most prominent leaders of US pro-Palestinian campus protests, sued the Trump administration Thursday for $20...
- Khalil, a legal permanent resident in the United States who is married to a US citizen and has a US-born son, had been in custody following his arrest in March
- The 30-year-old was freed from a federal immigration detention center in Louisiana last month, hours after a judge ordered his release on bail
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Two months after ending struggle against Turkey, Kurdish PKK fighters to begin disarming at key ceremony
Founded in the late 1970s by Abdullah Ocalan, the PKK took up arms in 1984, beginning a string of bloody...
- The disarmament ceremony marks a turning point in the transition of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) from armed insurgency to democratic politics
- The disarmament ceremony marks a turning point in the transition of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) from armed insurgency to democratic politics
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Israel PM wants Hamas to give up arms for lasting end to war in Gaza
Netanyahu said the Islamist militants must first give up their weapons and their hold on the Palestinian territory, warning that...
- Netanyahu said the Islamist militants must first give up their weapons and their hold on Gaza, warning that failure to reach a deal would lead to further conflictonfl
- Sticking points include Hamas's demand for the free flow of aid into Gaza and Israel's military withdrawal from the territory, besides "real guarantees" on a lasting peace
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Lebanon violence tests US-Iran accord as Israeli ministers harden rhetoric
Lebanon's Health Ministry said at least 21 people were killed and 39 wounded in overnight strikes across southern Lebanon.
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Ex-Israeli PM accuses Netanyahu of ‘treason’ over alleged Qatar funding to his aides
Former Israeli premier Naftali Bennett, widely regarded as a leading contender in next year's legislative elections, called on Monday for...
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As diplomats gather in Miami, Kremlin denies three-way US-Ukraine-Russia talks in preparation
The Kremlin on Sunday denied that three-way talks between Ukraine, Russia and the United States were on the cards, as...
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Israel’s security cabinet approves 19 new settlements in West Bank, a move to scuttle ‘a Palestinian state’
The decision brings the total number of settlements approved over the past three years to 69, according to a statement...
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China’s rare earths El Dorado gives strategic edge
Ganzhou, China -- Buried in the reddish soil of southern China lies latent power: one of the largest clusters of...
- The hills of Jiangxi province are home to most of China's rare earth mines, with the materials used in a range of products, including smartphones and missile guidance technology.
- The flourishing industry is closely protected by Chinese authorities and media access is seldom granted.
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Gazans mourn six killed in Israeli shelling on shelter
Gaza's civil defence agency, which operates as a rescue force under Hamas authority, initially said on Friday that the Israeli...
- Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal updated the toll to six, including children, on Saturday, adding that two people were unaccounted for under the rubble.
- The director of Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital, Mohammed Abu Salmiya, told AFP the victims were a four-month old infant, a 14-year-old girl, two men and two women.
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German wheelchair user flies into space, a first
Houston, United States -- A German woman engineer on Saturday became the first wheelchair user to blast into space, taking...
- Benthaus suffered a spinal cord injury after a mountain biking accident and now uses a wheelchair.
- "After my accident, I really, really figured out how inaccessible our world still is" for people with disabilities, she said in a video released by the company.